(SS) Rangel v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2020 )

2 Lanadw H Oafrfriyc eJ .o Bf iCnhdaerrl, eLs LEP. Binder Attorneys for Plaintiff 3 485 Madison Avenue, Suite 501 4 New York, NY 10022 (212)-677-6801 5 Fax (646)-273-2196 6 Fedcourt@binderlawfirm.com 7 Attorneys for Plaintiff 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTONIO RANGEL, ) No.: 1:16-CV-1895-GSA 11 ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY 13 ) FEES UNDER THE EQUAL v. ) ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 14 ) PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 15 COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL ) § 2412(d), AND COSTS, PURSUANT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, ) TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920 16 ) Defendant. ) 17 ) 18 19 20 Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Equal 21 Access to Justice Act (EAJA) Fees and Costs, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff shall 22 be awarded attorney fees under the EAJA in the amount of SIX THOUSAND 23 DOLLARS ($6,000.00), and costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920, in the amount of 24 FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($400.00), subject to the terms of the above- 25 referenced Stipulation, to include the United States Department of the Treasury’s 26 Offset Program pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010). 27 Because counsel for Plaintiff was already awarded fees under 42 U.S.C. § 28 406(b) and the fees under the EAJA do not exceed the amount awarded under that 2 Plaintiff if the fees are not subject to the Treasury’s Offset Program. Costs in the 3 amount of $400 will be paid to counsel for Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 Dated: July 27, 2020 /s/ Gary S. Austin 7 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28